Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Monk. Heretic. Messiah. Madman.
Genres
Overview
Russian monk Grigori Rasputin rises to power, which corrupts him along the way. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
142 min
Release Date
1981-09-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
41
Vote Average
6.585
Aleksey Petrenko
Rasputin
Anatoliy Romashin
Nicholas II
Leonid Bronevoy
Manasevich-Manuilov
Alisa Freyndlikh
Vyrubova
Yuri Katin-Yartsev
Purishkevich
Mikhail Svetin
Terekhov
Velta Līne
Aleksandra Fyodorovna
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Colonel
Sergei Karnovich-Valua
Russian General
Aleksandr Romantsov
Yusupov
Pavel Pankov
Manus
Nelli Pshyonnaya
baroness
Aleksey Vanin
legatee's educator
Lyudmila Polyakova
Paraskeva, Rasputin's wife
Olga Grigoryeva
holy fool lady (uncredited)
Boris Romanov
Balashov
Aleksandr Pavlov
Sukhotin
Vladimir Osenev
Sturmer
Fyodor Blazhevich
Mikaela Drozdovskaya
Rasputin's lady
Olegar Fedoro
officer
Sergei Golovanov
Polivanov
Boris Ivanov
doctor Lazovert
Aleksandr Kalyagin
narrator (voice)
Pantelejmon Krymov
valet
Lev Lemke
Nathanson
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
Rasputin's villager
Anatoliy Ravikovich
supplicant
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Aglaya Akilina
Georgiy Teykh
Rubinstein
Mikhail Danilov
prince Mikhail Andronnikov
Pyotr Arzhanov
Goremykin
Anel Sudakevich
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Badmaev's assistant
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Rodzyanko
Natalya Antonova
Oskar Lind
accountant
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Balashov
Ivan Ryzhov
Rasputin's villager
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Natalya Bespalova
Matryona
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Nikolay Lirov
legatee
Tatyana Kuznetsova
Rasputin's red lady
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Maklakov
Galina Nikulina
singer
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Larisa Shepitko
Baiten Omarov
Sergey Svistunov
Aleksey Brusilov
Alla Maykova
Lidiya Nikitina
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